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zepplin490
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I believe it was 1.5-2 days the last time.. but you may not have logged in durring the outage..
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Its back up.crankyrayhanky":27b1o1jv said:
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MichaelG
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Hey Zep... glad you are enjoying the module ride that you have put yourself on. It is fun for the time it lasts but very few can sustain it for any real length of time in terms of funding and/or patience... Matt and Drew do come to mind!
Very soon now I will be putting the remainder of my MTS modules and my RM4 on the block... perhaps you will want to try a few of them out?
Very soon now I will be putting the remainder of my MTS modules and my RM4 on the block... perhaps you will want to try a few of them out?
Kapo_Polenton
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MichaelG":3u75x943 said:Hey Zep... glad you are enjoying the module ride that you have put yourself on. It is fun for the time it lasts but very few can sustain it for any real length of time in terms of funding and/or patience... Matt and Drew do come to mind!
Very soon now I will be putting the remainder of my MTS modules and my RM4 on the block... perhaps you will want to try a few of them out?
No kidding, he sends a plexi off for a 100$ mod but he wants to turn another module into a jubilee which is like a 185$ mod. Why not prioritize?? I honestly do not know what you need all those tones for. I am going to be selling my judge and maybe the KH-2 I just got as well. The KH-2 I can almost dial in to sound similar enough to the brahma. So why keep it? The most important factor for me is... when am i going to play these amps? I have an 82 JCM800 and a PTP 800 with sozos i just built. Those are my two main amps. The brahma sits third and guess what... it is an aweful lot like my 800's. I guess i know what my sound is. Last night I too was thinking of just putting my whole lynch box up for sale and cleaning house as well. Not because I don't like it.. but because why keep what you don't play? I'd sooner have another guitar.
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MichaelG
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Kapo_Polenton":2390qj57 said:MichaelG":2390qj57 said:Hey Zep... glad you are enjoying the module ride that you have put yourself on. It is fun for the time it lasts but very few can sustain it for any real length of time in terms of funding and/or patience... Matt and Drew do come to mind!
Very soon now I will be putting the remainder of my MTS modules and my RM4 on the block... perhaps you will want to try a few of them out?
No kidding, he sends a plexi off for a 100$ mod but he wants to turn another module into a jubilee which is like a 185$ mod. Why not prioritize?? I honestly do not know what you need all those tones for. I am going to be selling my judge and maybe the KH-2 I just got as well. The KH-2 I can almost dial in to sound similar enough to the brahma. So why keep it? The most important factor for me is... when am i going to play these amps? I have an 82 JCM800 and a PTP 800 with sozos i just built. Those are my two main amps. The brahma sits third and guess what... it is an aweful lot like my 800's. I guess i know what my sound is. Last night I too was thinking of just putting my whole lynch box up for sale and cleaning house as well. Not because I don't like it.. but because why keep what you don't play? I'd sooner have another guitar.
Yeah exactly.... but for me it took a while to realize that I just don't need so many tones, and my previous justifications for keeping so many over-lapping sounds were based more on a collector/"want" mentality than out of real need. I also developed this annoying scatter-brained habit of changing tones way too often by plugging in different modules every 15-20 minutes and not really focusing on the music. I'm better off just having a few well-chosen amps; pick one and then just play....
chunktone
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drewiv":2g8xpwt6 said:rlord1974":2g8xpwt6 said:Kapo_Polenton":2g8xpwt6 said:
And there you have it, folks.
Hell, I sold my SLO and kept my Salvado Deluxe. *boom*
In my opinion it was "better." Always a subjective term.
Wow! Glad that mod worked out for ya! I tried a lot of different ones, and the only ones a was completely happy with were the clean ones. High gain modules were very disappointing to me. Thought for sure I'd dig the Salvation Mamba, but, nope.
Mattfig
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We could all get away with a great one channel amp...We all have an ideal tone...
For studio work, I still have 10 mods but have slowly moved many but I know what you mean regarding funding and patience...MTS is a snake in the grass when it comes to being an inexpensive solution to owning the brand name amps..It'll lure you in and the hook sets very quickly...Before you know it, the stockers you started with and loved become "donors." And so on....I could have a Kemper, AxeFX of every variety, and every other modeler out there for the investment but have obviously chosen this route and plan to stick with it...I personally love it and don't think there's a better solution for my needs...
Having said that, I think many MTS users would be better off with a few mods for core tones and a modeler listed above as a GAS reducer...Wondering what a HBE sounds like for a $250 mod or turning a dial? hmmm...
For studio work, I still have 10 mods but have slowly moved many but I know what you mean regarding funding and patience...MTS is a snake in the grass when it comes to being an inexpensive solution to owning the brand name amps..It'll lure you in and the hook sets very quickly...Before you know it, the stockers you started with and loved become "donors." And so on....I could have a Kemper, AxeFX of every variety, and every other modeler out there for the investment but have obviously chosen this route and plan to stick with it...I personally love it and don't think there's a better solution for my needs...
Having said that, I think many MTS users would be better off with a few mods for core tones and a modeler listed above as a GAS reducer...Wondering what a HBE sounds like for a $250 mod or turning a dial? hmmm...
Mailman1971
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I was definitely more obesessed with getting new modules then I was playing when I had that rig.Mattfig":12r4pse0 said:We could all get away with a great one channel amp...We all have an ideal tone...
For studio work, I still have 10 mods but have slowly moved many but I know what you mean regarding funding and patience...MTS is a snake in the grass when it comes to being an inexpensive solution to owning the brand name amps..It'll lure you in and the hook sets very quickly...Before you know it, the stockers you started with and loved become "donors." And so on....I could have a Kemper, AxeFX of every variety, and every other modeler out there for the investment but have obviously chosen this route and plan to stick with it...I personally love it and don't think there's a better solution for my needs...
Having said that, I think many MTS users would be better off with a few mods for core tones and a modeler listed above as a GAS reducer...Wondering what a HBE sounds like for a $250 mod or turning a dial? hmmm...
Really was a GAS sickness.....I was CONSTANTLY tweaking with that amp and the modules during jam session.
My drummer was ready to kill me.
These days I have my amp where I want....kick ass tone...plug and play. Might just kick the gain back a bit for the more classic rock stuff but I leave the EQ the same. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay happier. But it was a fun road to travel.
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zepplin490
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Yeah my thinking has changed a bit from going after every module that i can afford, to listening to sound clips and asking the mod masters (Rob from Jadedfaith is the only guy i really talk to) about how they sound and what they feel like playing them, and Rob has never pointed my in a direction that was not stellar.. Yea I am making some purchases but I am only buying up stock modules that i can buy and then use for modding and not having to pay for a new $150 new donor module.. just shaving off about $50 on any future mod.
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Mattfig
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Mailman1971":2s4i1e0p said:I was definitely more obesessed with getting new modules then I was playing when I had that rig.Mattfig":2s4i1e0p said:We could all get away with a great one channel amp...We all have an ideal tone...
For studio work, I still have 10 mods but have slowly moved many but I know what you mean regarding funding and patience...MTS is a snake in the grass when it comes to being an inexpensive solution to owning the brand name amps..It'll lure you in and the hook sets very quickly...Before you know it, the stockers you started with and loved become "donors." And so on....I could have a Kemper, AxeFX of every variety, and every other modeler out there for the investment but have obviously chosen this route and plan to stick with it...I personally love it and don't think there's a better solution for my needs...
Having said that, I think many MTS users would be better off with a few mods for core tones and a modeler listed above as a GAS reducer...Wondering what a HBE sounds like for a $250 mod or turning a dial? hmmm...
Really was a GAS sickness.....I was CONSTANTLY tweaking with that amp and the modules during jam session.
My drummer was ready to kill me.
These days I have my amp where I want....kick ass tone...plug and play. Might just kick the gain back a bit for the more classic rock stuff but I leave the EQ the same. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay happier. But it was a fun road to travel.
Totally hear you on the bandmates hating MTS because of the tweaking...ALL THE TIME...I did it too...Now, I have agreed to use a JCM900 for rehearsals so I don't tweak...Live I don't have time to tweak as I am constantly blabbing in the mic...
MTS is a tweaker's nightmare really...There are so many variables that most users don't understand fully- I know this from personal experience...Mods flip because of reasons not related much to the mod but rather a misunderstanding of routing, tubes, FX, ground lifts, bad or poor cables, etc....The RM4 and power amp is the most versatile and the biggest nightmare as it's open the most to bad volume settings, over-compensations, etc...
I once had a rack full of this stuff and have reduced it to all amps because of the tweaking issue...Too much going on to keep consistent...
I couldn't agree more that the plug and play is the best for making music, having fun, and enjoying life...Hence the JCM900 at rehearsal...That is important time because it's fun...It's not supposed to be stressful...Even with big gigs looming...It's supposed to be exciting not stress! MTS is great but can become overcomplicated very quickly and usually without good reason...I love MTS but keep things in perspective as I know how I get with it...My bandmates simply tell me to STFU when I get started and I used to get pissy but am now understanding what they meant...
I recently sat in a room with "distinguished" studio guys who were fervently discussing the direction of cables and how that can change your sound completely...They had the multimeters out and kept saying "see?" I didn't, nor did I hear anything different...It was at that moment I realized I was over-analyzing tone and that I must also sound like such an ass to my friends.
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zepplin490
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One mans nightmare is another's mans wet dream At lest when it comes to tweaking.. I love finding those sweet perfect tones. But I also write down all of the parameters from the modules EQ and the amps effects,master,presence and density.. and what im running out in front of the doesnt change.
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Kapo_Polenton
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So what are you going to use all those tones for anyway?
rlord1974
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NO.
drewiv
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Kapo_Polenton":1a47ykgd said:
Kapo!
Leave the poor guy alone.
I'm just messing with all y'all.
Carry on.
I'll carry your books, I'll carry a torch, I'll carry a tune, I'll carry on, carry over, carry forward, Cary Grant, cash and carry, carry me back to Old Virginia, I'll even 'hari-kari' if you show me how, but I will not carry a gun.
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zepplin490
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Really dude? Ive got an RM4 loaded up with 4 modules., A snakbite for high gain rhythm, JF XTC SE for leads, a SuperClean for cleans and Im going to be putting a vybe deluxe in the 4th slot but for now its just occupied by an Ev Trilogy... I dont find it excessive, I play alot of metal so mods i chose to keep are my top 4.
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Mattfig
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zepplin490":3vfe5p9v said:
Hey man,
You use what you wanna use...No need to justify anything...If you want 1 or 50 mods, do what makes you happy...The MTS crowd is particularly open to these criticisms as mods are not cheap nor do they always deliver what you expect...Many MTS haters are former users that will always tell you that you need a "real" amp and that somehow MTS amps are only pretending to be "real." I get why people say that but don't let it bother you...It's not an argument that is gonna change...
Just my .02...
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zepplin490
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Agreed as always MR Figg.. and when people get on MTS'ers 90% of the time they have never heard a single lick played through an MTS amp. Most of the haters just jump on the bandwagon. I dont understand why My wanting of 2 new modules has opened me up for all this B.S. Its two modules guys, and about the accuracy of modules none of them are 100% acurate its pretty much impossible due to the differences in the power amp sections. But a while back there was a dude who ran a salvation "Benzin" (aka VH-4 mod) through the actual efx loop on a real VH-4 and he said there was a difference but not a very big difference..
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crankyrayhanky
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I think you have to know yourself & know your audience. You're in full manic module mode which works at the mts forum, but here it's just a casual interest. Enjoy the ride & don't worry if RT doesn't wave Pom Poms with you. FYI: it looks like 100% of the people on this thread owned or used to own mts
rlord1974
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I used to use MTS. I agree it can sound decent to fantastic, depending on the module, biasing, how your rack is wired, etc.
In fact, I had a Sacred Groove Fisch in my rack at the same time as a genuine Fish and, I have to admit, the Sacred Groove module sounded astonishingly similar to the Bogner Fish's Brown channel when they were run through the same side of my RT2/50.
Yes, that is in fact a MOD50 sitting on top of my rack case with a head slip cover over it. So, you can see that, when I was a MTS user, I was heavily invested in it.
Anyways, after 2 or 3 years, I had just had enough with the modules, flipping, tweaking, etc. It was simply time for me to move on. I have no issue with MTS though - it's a unique and fantastic sounding amp system.
In fact, I had a Sacred Groove Fisch in my rack at the same time as a genuine Fish and, I have to admit, the Sacred Groove module sounded astonishingly similar to the Bogner Fish's Brown channel when they were run through the same side of my RT2/50.
Yes, that is in fact a MOD50 sitting on top of my rack case with a head slip cover over it.
So, you can see that, when I was a MTS user, I was heavily invested in it.Anyways, after 2 or 3 years, I had just had enough with the modules, flipping, tweaking, etc. It was simply time for me to move on. I have no issue with MTS though - it's a unique and fantastic sounding amp system.